New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Corinthians 3:1-6
1Are we beginningG757 to 1commendG4921 ourselvesG1438 againG3825? OrG2228 do we needG5535, as someG5100, 2lettersG1992 of commendationG4956 to you orG2228 from you? 23You are our letterG1992, writtenG1449 in our heartsG2588, knownG1097 and readG314 by allG3956 peopleG444, 3revealingG5319 yourselves, that you are a letterG1992 of ChristG5547, 45deliveredG1247 by us, writtenG1449 not with inkG3189 but with the SpiritG4151 of 6the livingG2198 GodG2316, not on 7tabletsG4109 ofG3035 stoneG3035 but on 8tabletsG4109 of 910humanG4560 heartsG2588.
4SuchG5108 is the 11confidenceG4006 we haveG2192 towardG4314 GodG2316 throughG1223 ChristG5547. 5Not that we are adequateG2425 in ourselvesG1438 so as to considerG3049 anythingG5100 as having come from ourselvesG1438, but 12our adequacyG2426 is from GodG2316, 6whoG3739 alsoG2532 madeG2427 us adequateG2427 as 13servantsG1249 of a 14newG2537 covenantG1242, not of 15the letterG1121 but of the SpiritG4151; for the letterG1121 killsG615, but 16the SpiritG4151 givesG2227 lifeG2227.
Notes
- 1. 2 Corinthians 3:1 2 Cor 5:12; 10:12, 18; 12:11 ↩
- 2. 2 Corinthians 3:1 Acts 18:27; 1 Cor 16:3 ↩
- 3. 2 Corinthians 3:2 1 Cor 9:2 ↩
- 4. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Lit served ↩
- 5. 2 Corinthians 3:3 2 Cor 3:6 ↩
- 6. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Matt 16:16 ↩
- 7. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Ex 24:12; 31:18; 32:15f; 2 Cor 3:7 ↩
- 8. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Prov 3:3; 7:3; Jer 17:1 ↩
- 9. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Lit hearts of flesh ↩
- 10. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Jer 31:33; Ezek 11:19; 36:26 ↩
- 11. 2 Corinthians 3:4 Eph 3:12 ↩
- 12. 2 Corinthians 3:5 1 Cor 15:10 ↩
- 13. 2 Corinthians 3:6 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
- 14. 2 Corinthians 3:6 Jer 31:31; Luke 22:20 ↩
- 15. 2 Corinthians 3:6 Rom 2:29 ↩
- 16. 2 Corinthians 3:6 John 6:63; Rom 7:6 ↩
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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